Es Parent Bulletin Vol#9 2009 Dec 11

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ES PARENT BULLETIN 11 December 2009

Volume 09

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER DEC 7 - 16

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Dear Elementary School Parents, Registration of AFAC Activities for 2nd Semester Wednesday Morning Student Late Start @ 8.30am Early Student Release @ 12pm First Semester Report Cards Sent Home End of First Semester

17 - Jan 4 School Holiday

JAN 5 6, 13, 20, 27

From the ES Administration

Start of 2nd Semester Wednesday Morning Student Late Start @ 8.30am

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PTA Bearcat Welcome

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ES New Parent Coffee @ 7.30am, ES Office Faculty Lounge

We are coming to the end of 2009, and our first semester of the school year. We wish everyone a relaxing end of semester holiday break, and look forward to returning refreshed and ready to start the second semester, along with a new year and new decade. At this time of year, we have a number of students to say goodbye to as they move on to different countries around the world. We have enjoyed being a part of your learning journey and wish you all the best at your new school. In January we will welcome some new students, who we will help to establish a connection with our community and new friendships as they begin their time at ISM. Yours in Education,

Simon Gillespie ES Principal

Michael Rourke

ES Assistant Principal

From the Guidance Office The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids From Scientific American Wandering among suburban estates, sports clubs and prep schools are overlooked children of a perplexed generation. Their lives overflow with abundance and praise, yet ironically, the mask of apparent health and success may hide a gloomy world of emptiness, anxiety and anger. Strangely, argues Madeline Levine, a clinical psychologist practicing in Marin County, California, the nation’s latest group of at-risk kids comes from affluent, well-educated families. Despite advantages, these children experience disproportionately high rates of clinical depression, substance abuse, anxiety, eating disorders and self-destructive (even self-mutilating) behaviors, according to various studies. Based on criteria from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Levine says these children "are exhibiting epidemic rates of emotional problems beginning in junior high school and accelerating throughout adolescence." One may brush off these youngsters as overindulged products of wealthy, narcissistic parents. But Levine says many of these kids are really ill. They suffer from a weak sense of self, often struggling to fill inner emptiness with objects and praise. Too often they know something is wrong and grope desperately for help yet fail to escape a downward spiral. Could it be, Levine wonders, that privilege, high expecta(Continued on page 2)

Elementary School Parent Bulletin

11 December 2009

From the Guidance Office (Continued from page 1)

tions, competitive pressure and parental over-involvement yield toxic rather than protective effects? Levine explores such issues as social isolation, the fine line between parental underinvolvement and overindulgence, and the perverse role of money and material goods in creating false promises of fulfillment. Yearning for outward approval, adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the delusion that wealth causes happiness. In many cases, a rude awakening occurs only after many years of anxiety and depression. Levine’s writing is surprisingly reflective and interesting. A constructive therapist, she offers practical guidelines and parenting strategies for those struggling with troubled teens. The advice is useful to any parent of any income level and includes ways to foster healthy autonomy, impulse control and sense of self. Levine emphasizes the importance of discipline, monitoring and limit setting as ways to encourage kids to construct healthy "inner" homes. More important, parents must "stand on their own two feet" before expecting their children to stand on theirs—noting that many parents scold their children for social behaviors that they themselves cannot manage, such as substance abuse and lack of self-discipline or self-assertion. Parents must strive to get their own inner homes in order before they can expect kids to straighten out theirs. Richard Lipkin

Sound interesting? The Price of Privilege… is the book we will be reading for the next Parent Book Group starting on Thursday, January 21, 2010 from 8 to 10am. This is a ten week course and regular attendance is appreciated. Group facilitators are from the PreK-12 Guidance Department. These groups are open to ALL ISM parents, PreK-12! Spaces are limited so sign up soon. If you or someone you know is interested, please contact Myrna Perez in the ES Guidance Office (840-8455) to reserve your space or for more information.

From the School Clinic

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

Please be advised that we have one confirmed case of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in the Elementary School, a moderately infectious disease, caused by a virus. This is characterized by fever, sores in the mouth, and a rash with blisters. The illness is not usually severe and a full recovery is usually made within 7 to 10 days. Please be vigilant, however, for the above symptoms and take your child to the doctor if you think they may have contracted the disease. H1N1 Vaccination At the present moment, vaccines have arrived in the Philippines and are being distributed by the government. These vaccines are not yet available commercially and are designated for specific groups only. It is unlikely that the ISM community will be able to access these vaccines for some time and we would therefore advise you, if you wish your family to receive the vaccination, to investigate the possibility of getting it in your own country if you are going home for the Christmas holidays. You may also wish to consider reviewing your family’s vaccination records during the holiday, particularly if you are returning home. Please access the following website for information on recommended vaccinations; http://www.cdc.gov/ vaccines/recs/schedules/default.htm , although this may vary slightly depending on your country of origin. Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year from the clinic staff Debbie Duckworth – Clinic Admiistrator Mary Ann Calma-Bagos – Clinic Consultant Keg Salazar Jr – Senior Nurse Jowell Custodio – Junior Nurse Evagne Atienza – Staff Nurse Thank you for your kind Christmas gifts 2

Elementary School Parent Bulletin

11 December 2009

From the Art Department The Grade Four Exhibition of Moods will continue through to Wednesday 16th December. Please visit the Grade Four corridors where student’s paintings are displayed. Students need, and are looking forward to your opinions on this work! You will be required to decide the mood of the painting (eg happy, sad etc), write this on a small paper and place it in an envelope. Please come by any time at your leisure.

Dear ISM Community, With the holiday period about to commence, this is a perfect time to put aside recyclable materials like greeting cards, gift wrap, packaging and old toys. We are as always continuing our collection of materials like bottle caps, lids, Styrofoam trays, boxes, toilet/ towel rolls, utensils, tools etc that aid us in producing interesting and environmentally friendly art work. You can drop off any materials to room 1189 opposite the ES gym. Thanks for your assistance. Olivia Jones ES ART

From the Animarvelous Club a message from the ES Animarvelous Kids

Fireworks frighten animals!

From the PE Department Just a reminder about PE uniforms and footwear…. Students may wear their PE uniforms to school on the days of the week they are scheduled for Physical Education. We do ask that they keep a school uniform at school in the event they become wet (as often happens in the rainy season on the ES Field) or they need to change for hygiene reasons.

It is December . . . The safest and kindest thing by far, is to keep your pets safely inside the house with a television or radio playing to drown out the noise.

Students are required to bring a full water bottle to each PE lesson and be wearing a hat and sunscreen for lessons scheduled on the ES Field.

Even from as far as miles away from the display, an animal can feel and hear the loud noises that a fireworks display puts out. Do not keep dogs chained or caged outside during a firework display. Be their voice this holiday season!

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Students must wear appropriate footwear i.e. no flip flops, crocs or sandals. (Except when swimming or scheduled for gymnastics in which case they will be barefoot for PE lessons and so does not matter what footwear they wear to PE lessons as they will be removing their shoes. )

Elementary School Parent Bulletin

11 December 2009

ES After School Activities ALL After School Activities for the first semester will end on the week of December 7- 11, 2009. If your child wishes to either continue with the same activity or take a different activity for the second semester he/she MUST register again. Registration period is on December 2 until December 16. NEW ACTIVITIES for Second Semester Animarvelous (for grade 3-4, every Thursday)

“Every animal knows more than you do.”—Native American Proverb

Animals are marvelous, amazing and spectacular. There are so many more words and ways to describe them. Do you also think animals are wonderful? Then this activity is for you. We will meet once a week to discuss relevant topics like “Responsible Pet Ownership”, “Lending a Hand to Animals” and “Extraordinary Animals”. Together we will create flyers and posters with our important information to share with the rest of the Elementary School. There are some great organizations in the Philippines who help animals. We will design a plan and donate to at least one of them. Everything we learn we will share with our classroom friends and other grade levels and they will learn from us.

Circus Skills (for grade 2-4, every Monday and Thursday) Ever wanted to run away with the circus? Now is your chance to learn some skills seen in the circus including: juggling, clowning, unicycles, Chinese YoYos and basic tumbling routines. This is about having fun and learning some new skills. No previous experience needed. We will teach you all you need to know. Patience and persistence are essential!

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Elementary School Parent Bulletin

11 December 2009

From the PE Department

From the ATAC Office ATAC ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sat Dec 12th: Cheerleading Camp (9am- 4pm) - Covered Court for MS/HS students who have signed up with Coach Grabow. MS Boys Basketball MS Gym (see game times on Game schedule- ATAC website) MS Girls Green Basketball v Brent at HS Gym Varsity Boys Basketball HS gym (see game times on Game schedule- ATAC website) Congratulations to all members of our Gymnastics team and the Sailfish swimmers for there efforts last weekend at the Bea Lucero Cup and the ISM Swimathon. Results have been included via Coach Ramon and Coach Andy. There will be no practices on Wed Dec 16th. Student dismissal is at Noon. Regular practice schedule will recommence from Tuesday Jan 5th On behalf of the ATAC staff I wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Christmas vacation. See you in 2010! 5

Elementary School Parent Bulletin

11 December 2009

CONGRATULATIONS ISM GYMNASTICS TEAM for Participating in the Bea Lucero Cup’09 December 6, 2009 (Sunday) Rizal Memorial Sports Complex Vito Cruz, Manila MIDDLE SCHOOL: Vault Beam Bars 1. Natalia Avila 2. Lara Fernandez 4th 3 Aleny Serna 7th 4th 7th 4. Medha Srivastava 5. Jaron Marshall 1st 5th 6. Selene Vergnes 6th 7. Elise Malvini 8. Emily Charles 7th 9. Jessica Zhang 4th rd 10. Celine Teh 3 5th 11. Andrea Preysler 7th 4th 12. Jae Ah Kim 13. Hye Joon Lee 5th 2nd 4th

ELEMENTARY: 1. Kate Charles 2. Nathalie Prebich 3 Paula Fernandez

Vault Beam Bars 6th 6th 5th 6

6th

th

FX 7th

AA 8th

8th 7

th

4. Layla Serna 5. Kayla Uytengsu

6th

4th

1st

7th

3rd

6. Alicia Preysler

3rd

3rd

5th

5th

3rd

HIGH SCHOOL: Vault Beam Bars 1. Ines Tambunting 2. Joanna Danaux

2nd

4th

FX AA 3rd

5th

ISM Climbing Competition 05 December 2009

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FX 7th

AA

1st

4th

7th 4th

5th

2nd 5th 1st

2nd 4th

4th

3rd

ISM SWIMATHON RESULTS At the recent ISM Swimathon, Sailfish, Varsity and parents and teachers swam at total of 262,825 meters or 10,513 laps of the School pool on Saturday 7th . Standouts included: Name Class Laps Meters Hiroto Sato Grade 1 30 750 Daniel Klepp Grade 2 81 2,025 Gabriela Miralao Grade 2 90 2,250 Yuma Sato Grade 3 108 2,700 Imaya Jeffries Grade 3 94 2,350 Sidney Miralao Grade 4 111 2,775 Samantha Borja Grade 5 108 2,700 Rory Lamont Grade 5 82 2,050 Lisa Zheng Grade 6 94 2,350 Panarin Sungkboon Grade 6 91 2,275 Hiroki Koyama Grade 7 111 2,775 Aina Farid Grade 7 106 2,650 Jung‐Ho Kim Grade 8 320 8,000 Tyler Sy Grade 9 308 7,700 Cayi Yoon Grade 9 294 7,350 Raymond Oo Grade10 344 8,600 Samata Pandey Grade10 233 5,825 Tatsuro Irie Grade 11 332 8,300 Saaya Ikedo Grade 11 274 6,850 Genzo Dones Grade 12 303 7,575 Name Hiroto Sato Lucas Arulpragasam Aleah Gooden Daniel Klepp Gabriela Miralao Nicolo Morales Hugh Lamont Seiryo Sasaki Rin Nakajima Sophie Moon Yuma Sato Daihi Miyamoto Imaya Jeffries Byeong Lee Seo‐Young Oh Gabriela Ellis Maya Tumiwa Pawarin Sungkboon Natalia Gonzales Enya Zibell

Class ES1 ES2 ES2 ES2 ES2 ES3 ES3 ES3 ES3 ES3 ES3 ES3 ES3 ES3 ES3 ES4 ES4 ES4 ES4 ES4

Laps 30 50 82 81 90 78 64 83 82 68 108 98 94 82 70 91 91 91 85 ?

Meters 750 1,250 2,050 2,025 2,250 1,950 1,600 2,075 2,050 1,700 2,700 2,450 2,350 2,050 1,750 2,275 2,275 2,275 2,125 ?

Sidney Miralao Aisya Farid Isobel Morales

ES4 MS5 MS5

111 102 92

2,775 2,550 2,300

Name Rory Lamont Samantha Borja Lisa Zheng Anika Lewis Panarin Sungkboon Noah Zibell Hiroki Koyama Aina Farid

Class MS5 MS5 MS6 MS6 MS6 MS7 MS7 MS7

Laps 82 108 94 92 91 ? 111 106

Meters 2,050 2,700 2,350 2,300 2,275 ? 2,775 2,650

Jung‐Ho Kim

MS8

320

8,000

Tyler Sy

H09

308

7,700

Cayi Yoon Seong‐Chan An

H09 H09

294 292

7,350 7,300

Justin Van Klaveren Min‐Ji Kim Conrad Lee Ethan Que Jessica Lewis Stefan Gerhausser

H09 H09 H09 H09 H09 H09

283 243 242 234 220 216

7,075 6,075 6,050 5,850 5,500 5,400

Katharine Drury Raymond Oo Kai Maekawa Samata Pandey Sol‐Jae Lee Noa Sison Tatsuro Irie Sam Drury Angie Oo Saaya Ikedo Nhi Corcoran

H09 H10 H10 H10 H10 H10 H11 H11 H11 H11 H11

201 344 236 233 209 268 332 312 100 274 273

5,025 8,600 5,900 5,825 5,225 6,700 8,300 7,800 2,500 6,850 6,825

Alix Woldring Karen Lloyd Zina Ursem Woo‐Seok Byun Franziska Klauser Carmen Soh Yea‐Na Kim Genzo Dones

H11 H11 H11 H11 H11 H11 H11 H12

260 260 231 222 216 210 140 303

6,500 6,500 5,775 5,550 5,400 5,250 3,500 7,575

Gabriel Anaya Tae wan Kim Doray Ellis tsukasa maekawa

H12

280 168 122 86

7,000 4,200 3,050 2,150

Yari Miralao

74 10,513

1,850 262,825

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES 2snd SEMESTER REGISTRATION (SY 2009-2010)

IMPORTANT DATES Release of Registration Form Registration of Activities

November 26 December 2-16 ACTIVITY

Gr Level Days ARTS AND CRAFTS 1–4 T Th 1–4 MF 2–4 MF 2–4 T Th 1–4 T Th

ACTIVITY

Venue

Fee

Rm 1136

$50

T Th Beginner

TBA

$50

1–4

MF

Pool

None

1–4

T Th

Pool

None

1–2 3–4 1–4 1–4 1–3 1–4

MF T Th MF T Th T Th MF

ES Gym ES Gym ES Canteen ES Canteen MS Gym MS Gym

None None None None None None

Soccer A

1–2

T Th

ES Field

None

None None None

Soccer B Table Tennis Table Tennis Tennis A Tennis Munchkin 2A Wall Climbing A Wall Climbing B Wall Climbing C Wall Climbing D

3–4 1–4 1–4 3–4 1–3 1–4 1–4 1–4 1–4

MF MF T Th T Th F M T Th F

None None None None None None None None None

Martial Arts Area

None

Circus Skills (NEW)

2–4

MTh

ES Field ES 3rd Level ES 3rd Level Tennis Court Tennis Court MS Gym MS Gym MS Gym MS Gym 3rd Level Open Area

Martial Arts Area

None Bamboo Shoots Animarvelous (NEW)

OTHERS 4 3–4

Rm 2119 Rm 1168

None None

Venue

Fee

Rm 2126 Rm 2126 Rm 2126 Rm 2126 Rm 2126

P 1500 P 1500 P 1500 P 1500 P 1500

Strings Advanced

MF

Rm 2126

P 1500

1–4 2–4 3–4 4 4 1–4 1–4

MF T Th MF TTh TW WF WF

Dance Studio Dance Studio Dance Studio Dance Studio Dance Studio AMR/DS Dance Studio

P 1500 P 1500 P 1500 P 1500 P 1500 P 1500 P 1500

Aquatics - Learn to Swim (Beginner) Aquatics - Learn to Swim (Advanced) Basketball A Basketball B Chess (Beginner) Chess (Advanced) Gymnastics A (Beginner) Gymnastics B (Advanced)

1–4

MF

Dance Studio

P 1500

Dance Studio

P 1500

Chinese Spanish (Beginner)

1–4 MW LANGUAGES 1–4 MF 1–4 T Th

Rm 2092 Rm 2092

TBA TBA

Aikido Judo A Judo B

MARTIAL ARTS 1–4 M F / T Th 1–4 T Th 3–4 MF

ES 2nd Level Martial Arts Area Martial Arts Area

Tae Kwon Do A

1–4

T Th

Tae Kwon Do B

3–4

MF

ES Choir Strings Beginner Strings Beginner

1–4 1–4 1–4

MUSIC T Th MF T Th

Rm 1167 Rm 1126 Rm 1126

None $50 $50

Strings Intermediate

1–4

T Th

Rm 1136

$50

Basic Creative Sculpting Cartooning Design Tech Gifts Class Painting & Drawing Fun with Paper, Paints & Crafts


-

Gr Level

Days

MUSIC (cont'd) 1–4 MF

Wind Instrument Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Saxophone

3–4 SPORTS

1–4 DANCE

Ballet 1 (2:15-3:15) Ballet 2 (2:15-3:15) Ballet 3 (3:15-4:15) Ballet 4 (3:15-4:15) Jazz A (2:15-3:15) Tap 1 & 2 (2:15-3:15) Tap 3 (3:15-4:15) Tap 4 (M 3:15-4:15 F 4:155:15) Tap 5 (4:15-5:15)

First Day of After School Activities Last Day for 2nd Semester

January 21 May 28

W Th

None

To get the complete description of all Afterschool Activities please visit www.ismanila.org

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NAME OF STUDENT: __________________________________ Last Name

ACTIVITY

GRADE: ________

HOMEROOM: ______________________

First Name

Teacher's Name

DAY (s)

For activities with fee, please let us know whether you want to pay in cash or charge it to the account.



Will pay fees directly to cashier o Please attach copy of Official Receipt to this form then submit to the ES AFAC Office (Room 1031).



Pls. include fees in the child’s school account o I authorize the school to charge my child’s account any fees that may be required for the activity. o I agree to call or write the ES AFAC Office regarding any activity cancellations by February 19 , 2010. o I understand that no refunds will be made for activity cancellations made after February 19, 2010.

Parent’s Signature: _____________________________

Date: _________________

Contact no: ____________________

PLEASE SUBMIT SIGNED REGISTRATION FORM ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 16, 2009 AT THE AFAC OFFICE (RM. 1031)

Number:

Received by:

Date: